Safari: New for 2017

[suchomimus]

Real life Photo of the Giganotosaurus VIA Facebook



This guy is Huge.

You should see the feathered rex. Its fluff makes it look pretty bulky when placed side-by-side with this guy.

[Killekor]

I think that Will be a great idea that Safari and Papo (or Rebor) collaborate, the detail of the Papo (or the Rebor) models and the Safari accuracy for his models... Will be fantastic, No?

Killekor

[BlueKrono]

Dibs on that gorgeous Krono.

[dinoMD]

Dibs on that gorgeous Krono.

Likewise!  She's a beauty - I have my order coming in sometime between now and next Monday (hopefully the former...)

[Shonisaurus]

Dibs on that gorgeous Krono.

Likewise!  She's a beauty - I have my order coming in sometime between now and next Monday (hopefully the former...)

The kronosaurus and diplodocus are a beauty, I can not say otherwise because I would lie.

How bad the diplodocus I would have liked to have done on the diplodocus scale (Carnegie's early version). It would have been great.

To my disgrace I will have to wait until February-March next year.

[DinoToyForum]

Off topic discussion moved here: http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=5230.0 

[Killekor]

Off topic discussion moved here: http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=5230.0 

Thanks

Killekor

[CityRaptor]

Off topic discussion moved here: http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=5230.0 

Thank you.

Safari makes some truely beautiful figures this year.

[Mo_the_Triceratops_King]

Wow they look great, when can we buy them in germany?

[Takama]

Will i get stabbed with flaming pitchforks for saying that Safari is becoming the New Battat?

Honestly no other brand out there today inspires me more then Safari

[Killekor]

Where i Can find them in Mallorca?

Thanks

Killekor

[Sim]

Will i get stabbed with flaming pitchforks for saying that Safari is becoming the New Battat?

Honestly no other brand out there today inspires me more then Safari

You've mentioned a number of times now that a forum member's figures or another dinosaur figure company (in this case Safari) could be the new Battat.  I think every line has its own qualities that make it unique, and I've yet to see a line that's quite like Battat.  Does something else need to become the new Battat?  Would it not be better for Battat to be itself and other lines to be themselves?

Objectively, I think the only thing Safari and Battat really share is a care for accuracy which leads to them making figures with a high level of accuracy.  The other things that Battat is known for are:
- Having their dinosaurs sculpted to be in the same scale.
- Their figures having bold colour schemes.
- Consistently high diversity in colour schemes.
These things are what made me like the Battat line so much (in addition to the high level of accuracy).  Safari's prehistoric animals are in lots of different scales (it wouldn't have bothered me if it was something like three different scales - for small, medium and large animals respectively), often have dull colour schemes, and as I've expressed previously in this thread I feel there's been repetitiveness in the Wild Safari colour schemes.  I find these things off-putting, but that doesn't mean they are bad.  Some people might like any of these things.  And some people might not like any of those things I really like about Battat.

Safari and Battat have each produced admirable prehistoric animal figures, and I think both have done some things better than the other.  They have each provided highly accurate dinosaur figures in their own unique way. 

[suspsy]

Yeah, I really don't understand why anyone would make such a weird claim. Battat is Battat and Safari is Safari.

[DinoLord]

Honestly no other brand out there today inspires me more then Safari

Safari and the Carnegie Collection inspired me a lot as a kid, and it's been wonderful to see their offerings grow in quantity and quality. I don't think they're quite like Battat for the reasons Sim pointed out, but they could certainly be seen as a spiritual successor, working to produce the most accurate dinosaur toys on the market.

[Verahin]

I know that Safari is an holy cow over here, ok, but Battat, seriously? Couple of models aside you can find better chinasaurs than Battats.

[The Atroxious]

I know that Safari is an holy cow over here, ok, but Battat, seriously? Couple of models aside you can find better chinasaurs than Battats.

I have to say, I kind of agree. I wouldn't go so far as to say they're worse than chinasaurs, but I really do not care for them. Aside from the Amargasaurus and Parasaurolophus, which are quite nice, and the Acrocanthosaurus, which is not bad, albeit somewhat boring in appearance, as well as having severe leg warping issues even mint in box, most of them have rather tacky paint jobs, and look uncomfortably shrink-wrapped. Then there's the weird issue where they didn't feather the Nanshiungosaurus presumably because of the line of thought that large animals lose heat-conserving integument, but they feather the larger Gigantoraptor, which makes no sense.

I'll admit, I really don't understand the appeal of Battat dinosaurs. Now, I'm a very nitpicky person, and I don't always like Safari models either, but I feel like they have a higher percentage of good looking, reasonably accurate dinosaurs than Battat does. I also have a strong preference for highly detailed sculpts, and Safari rarely skimps in the details department.

As far as I'm concerned, Battats are alright, but nothing to write home about. They're not chinasaur levels of bad exactly, so much as they are closer to the quality of early (think 90's-00's) Wild Safari dinosaurs. I'm saying this as someone who likes the old Wild Safari dinosaurs for their decent (if not entirely accurate) sculpting, especially compared to the other dinosaur toys on the market at the time, but from the perspective of an adult collector, they are underwhelming compared to modern dinosaur toys. Battat dinosaurs similarly seem stuck in the past, and since I didn't grow up with them, I don't feel the same sort of nostalgic fondness or them the way I do for the old Wild Safaris. On the other hand, I do think that Safari is the current reigning champion of dinosaur toys.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Battat Dinos were more about the heart that went into them, they were little known when they were around the first time, and at that time were the most accurate dino toys you could find.  For those that did have them there is a lot of nostalgia there like with Carnegie, Tyco, ect.   We really shoudn't compare them to current companies that have been slugging it out for awhile.    The only way you could is by looking at the heart, the love and care and saying _____ company  is like Battat.  CollectA and Safari both have a bit of that I think, like Dan and Battat , Safari has Doug and CollectA Anthony. Folks that care about what they made/make.

[Flaffy]

I know that Safari is an holy cow over here, ok, but Battat, seriously? Couple of models aside you can find better chinasaurs than Battats.

Comparing Battats to Chinasaurs? That's a little harsh.
Back in the day they were the one of the most accurate dinosaur figures.

[Flaffy]

Then there's the weird issue where they didn't feather the Nanshiungosaurus presumably because of the line of thought that large animals lose heat-conserving integument, but they feather the larger Gigantoraptor, which makes no sense.

I'll admit, I really don't understand the appeal of Battat dinosaurs. Now, I'm a very nitpicky person, and I don't always like Safari models either, but I feel like they have a higher percentage of good looking, reasonably accurate dinosaurs than Battat does. I also have a strong preference for highly detailed sculpts, and Safari rarely skimps in the details department.

If I remember correctly, it was the people at Battat that told Dan not to feather the Nanshiungosaurus when he was sculpting it, the people in Battat were misinformed.
We have to remember that most of the sculpts in the Battat line are really old.

[CityRaptor]

Reaching back to 1994. Always judge a model in historical context.